CiDeRmAn wrote: » He says he won't bargain but....https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520d-touring-nct-03-18/16673014 edit: slipping clutch.... feck
bazz26 wrote: » That 5 Series looks like a shed. New clutch and flywheel will cost the bones of another 1k. The seller has 17 other cars for sale also so he's knows what he's at.
166man wrote: » To be fair it’s a 2006 5 Series estate with the best engine and gearbox combo.
robertpatterson wrote: » Id say its just the automatic choke on startup, is there a warning light on the dash bottom right hand corner ?
166man wrote: » To be fair it’s a 2006 5 Series estate with the best engine and gearbox combo. You’d pick up a clutch kit and flywheel for a few hundred quid I’d imagine if you could do the work yourself it would clean up well. We’re talking sub €2k for it - of course it’s not going to be perfect. Has the older school engine too and Od say it was a trade in, can’t blame the seller for not putting the clutch into it.
bazz26 wrote: » Are you looking at the same car? It's a 520d.https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520d-touring-nct-03-18/16673014 I know cheap cars are not perfect but spending 2k on a tired old battered car like that E61 and then having to spend up to 50% of what you paid for it on a new clutch/flywheel, unless you have mechanical skills to change it yourself, seems daft to me and a waste of money.
166man wrote: » Yes very much looking at the same car. It’s the older school engine with the lower tax and manual gearbox I.e less to go wrong. Pretty obvious it’s the most sellable version in Ireland. Re having to put a clutch in it, if you’d read my post you’d see I said “if” someone has the ability to do the work themselves. You view that as a waste of money, whilst I view losing thousands a year in depreciation as a waste of money.
bazz26 wrote: » Fine, whatever. I get the impression if I said it was a bargain, you'd be here arguing the merits of how it wasn't. As for your constant point on depreciation, I thought you would be happy not all people have the same view on depreciation as yourself otherwise none of the cars you owned would ever have existed.
Kenny Logins wrote: » Not sure if serious... €180. The price of the car with a new windscreen will be bumped up to €2,380.
jharr100 wrote: » https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-is220-nctd-driving-100/16833025 Lexus is220d 2006 e1650
easygoing39 wrote: » https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-focus-1-4-nct-feb-19/16381100
punisher5112 wrote: » Them diesel Lexus are a false economy as they are thirsty and very unreliable in diesel.
Trojan wrote: » Head gasket just went and I need something that will do for 6-12 months. I'm considering a Saab 9-3 1.9 diesel with 185k miles. Looks clean. What should I look out for on these?
acronym Chilli wrote: » yes. I was considering one a while back. But when I started researching them the feedback, even on Lexus forums and even from 220d owners was poor. Along lines of "as an IS220d driver, I'd say you should buy an IS250". Was there a major engine recall? Some discussions that if Lexus had swapped the engine out on the car it would probably be OK. That said, I test drive one and it was nice: smallish but nicely laid out, comfortable, and decent power.
bear1 wrote: » It was a poorly designed engine. The head gasket goes on them which destroys the engine. The gearing is supposedly terrible in them and as mentioned they are very thirsty. We've got the same engine in our auris but the only thing we have to put up with is about 8l per 100km. They are lovely looking inside but personally I'd go for the 250.
